Thursday Doors: Sliding Glass Doors

Sliding glass doors are doors, but since you can see through them they are also windows.

So think of this as Thursday Windows.

These are pictures taken from where we are staying.

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To the left are the doors. In the distance is Miami or close enough to it.
This is later in the same day but looking through the doors from the inside at the sunset
Or you could go outside on the balcony and get a picture without the doors.

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Linked to Thursday Doors.

Ritva at Ritva Sillanmäki Photography
Ritva at Ritva Sillanmäki Photography

Ovi Poetry Challenge: Rivers

The rivers flow. The waters go.
Understand: the rivers flow.
Are you thirsty? Drink and so
they’ll flow from you as well.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “understand” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

John 7:37-38 KJV37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Six Sentence Story: Advice

The plumber watched his apprentice work on a shower faucet. It was old and probably could use more repair than he was authorized to perform.

The apprentice tried to loosen a tight connection. He asked the plumber, What if I break it?

The idea haunted the plumber as well, but he wasn’t particularly worried, because what good would worrying do? The only advice that came to his mind and which he offered while those who owned the condo watched the repair was, Don’t break it.

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Denise offers the prompt word “haunt” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Matthew 6:25 KJVTherefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Fun In The Sun

Dale offers the prompt “fun in the sun” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The first photo could also viewed as fun in the wind. Since I can’t swim, this is not something I plan on trying to do.

When the sun rises the birds are there to greet it. Sunrises are more fun with a few clouds to color the sky and many birds.

I imagine whoever is in the boat in the last photo is trying to get home before it’s dark.

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Some people call whatever they’re doing out there fun.
When the sun rises the birds come out to start the new day.
There’s not much sun left in the day, but people are still out there on their boats

Ovi Poetry Challenge: Learn

Free from worries and their fear
since the Lord is always near.
His voice is what I’ve learned to hear
and He will lead me home.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “learn” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

2 Corinthians 3:17 KJVNow the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Six Sentence Story: Flakes

As Brian paced back and forth through the park he was unaware that an old man, sitting on a bench in the shade, was listening to him as he complained about some guy he called a “flake” and then whined about some other guy he said needed to get his “head screwed on straight”.

Ya gotta forgive um, the old man finally shouted as Brian wandered past him once more.

WHAT?

They’re idiots.

Ah . . . good point.

And so are you.

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Denise offers the prompt word “flake” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Matthew 18:21-22 KJV21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Symmetry

Dale offers the prompt “symmetry” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The first photo shows symmetry in a wooden fence.

The second shows symmetry in tile pavement.

The third shows the symmetry of the horizon.

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There is symmetry in this wooden fence
There is symmetry in these tiles in many directions except where there’s not
Horizontal symmetry, sort of, but the sun and other stuff got in the way

Ovi Poetry Challenge: Blessed

Don’t listen to ungodly thought.
Don’t rise with sinners. You’ll get caught
and should you think that scorn has bought
you mercy, it has not.

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Ronovan Hester offers the inspiration “rise” for this week’s Ovi Poetry Challenge. Also posted on Poet’s Corner.

Psalm 1:1 KJV – Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.